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FCC head Kevin Martin leaves 1/20 for think tank

Another one bites the dust:Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is leaving the agency Tuesday to do what comes naturally for FCC chairmen: He is heading to the Aspen Institute, a...

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The TARP money is not "missing."

The idea gaining currency in a lot of places (including here) is that we have no idea where the TARP money is going.  Actually, for the most part, we do.  As for whether or not it will produce the...

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Senior bank officials cannot steal TARP money.

One comment I've seen in a variety of forms here is that the same senior banking executives who presided over the current mess will simply take TARP money in the form of bonuses and golden parachutes....

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The change I asked for: the full import of Obama's first Exec Order

Of the panoply of things I could have written to change.gov about, I chose exactly one: to revoke Executive Order 13233, the infamous withholding of Presidential records by He-Who-Shan't-Be-Named.  How...

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A kick in John Boehner's pants:  Your opinion needed

Here's Boehner:Their plan also provides government-funded paychecks -- disguised as tax cuts -- for those who don't pay income taxes. All told, the plan would spend a whopping 275,000 dollars in...

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Ten long days.  Where's my #%$@ unicorn?

You know, Mr. President, I've been solidly behind you for as long as I can remember.  I defended you to all comers.  I worked to defeat that old guy and the eye candy he hired all last summer and fall....

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GOP Gov's: Your hometown rags say take the money

The (Charleston, SC) Post and Courier generally likes Republican Governor Mark Sanford.Mr. Sanford, during six years in Congress and six years as governor, has been an admirably frugal steward of...

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Americans United for Change nails GOP & Limbaugh

AFSCME and Americans United for Change nail it with this new cable TV ad:Transcript follows.

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Bernie Sanders wants Ben Bernanke to name names. Updated.

About friggin'time, too:"My question to you is, will you tell the American people to whom you lent $2.2 trillion of their dollars?" Sanders asked, referring to the size of the Fed's balance sheet....

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Is this why AIG is getting the kid gloves treatment?

I think this might explain a few things:American International Group, in a gloom and doom discussion paper, has warned regulators that unless it is kept afloat, there would be "turmoil in the U.S....

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Wall Street tries whistling a new tune.

Say what you want about the Wall Street Journal; it's still the paper of record for the tarnished titans of industry, and a must read outside of its editorial page.  A few days ago, the WSJ sponsored a...

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Virtù in the White House -- and CIA torture

If you're familiar with Niccolò Machiavelli's work The Prince, you know something of virtù.  You also know why a leader had better possess plenty of it, and you are aware that it's been in short supply...

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The rock climber and the beagle -- Watergate and torture

So here's the riddle:A rock climber and his beagle are at their favorite climbing site.  The cliff is a mile long, sixty feet high at the center, and tapers off to level at each side.  The climber...

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The first 100 days of Commander Codpiece

Here's your chance to turn a critical eye on all those breathless stories in the next few days about Obama's first hundred days.First, so you can follow along, here's a chronology of 43's start,...

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Other things Condi Rice hopes we understand

Condi Rice hopes we understand --that missions only stay accomplished when Congress doesn't question the President.that Afghanistan is too wild and lawless to be worth any attention for very long.that...

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The GOP says GBCW

This isn't a typical goodbye rant, as we've already asked the Federal Elections Commission to erase our records in their entirety - thereby assuring that we won't ever be back, and that we really don't...

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Of COURSE we can handle the Gitmo detainees here.

I realize no politician of any stripe will say it, but the risk to the populace for moving all Gitmo detainees to the United States is vanishingly small, and with a very small amount of ingenuity, damn...

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The RNC runs a "Daisy" ad based on a lie

I know, what a surprise.  Still, even by RNC standards, this one is stupid.  Some dim bulb thought juxtaposing shots from LBJ's Daisy ad with Robert Gibbs talking about closing Guantanamo was a good...

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Leaked: the 2012 GOP Presidential nominee quiz

I have obtained from a secret source a document sent to all prospective GOP Presidential nominees for 2012.  Its purpose is to determine the fitness of the politicians to seek the highest office in the...

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I apologize

I apologize for running you over with my car.  It was only twice.  You got up afterward, so you were probably OK.  I didn't tell my insurance company because I paid you cash for your inconvenience....

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